Editing Pontiac, Michigan (section)

=== Government form ===
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*1837 - Incorporated as a village by an act of the Michigan Legislature. The first election was held in the same year and voters elected to be governed by a seven member board of trustees.<ref name="Guide">{{Cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |date= |title=A History of Pontiac Guide 1818-Today |url=https://pontiaclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pontiac-history-guide-1818-today.pdf |access-date= |website=Pomntiac Library}}</ref>
*1861 - The State of Michigan redesignated Pontiac as a city which adopted the mayor-council form of government<ref name="Guide" /> with the city divided into five wards with two aldermen elected from each ward and the mayor elected at large.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/ARX1007.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext |title=HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY |date= |publisher= |isbn= |pages=93 |quote=From 1861 to 1911 the city had a mayor-council type of government, the city having been divided into five wards with two aldermen elected from each ward, and the mayor elected at large. |authorlink=}}</ref> 
*1911 - The city adopted a new charter providing for a commission form of government consisting of a mayor and two commissioners elected by the city at large on a nonpartisan basis<ref name="Guide" /> each to three year terms of office.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bradford |first=Ernest Smith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwRJAAAAIAAJ&dq=pontiac+mayor+two-year+terms&pg=PA155 |title=Commission Government in American Cities |date=1911 |publisher= |isbn= |pages=155 |authorlink=}}</ref> 
*1920 - The city adopted a new charter providing for a  commission-manager form of government consisting of seven commissioners elected by the city at large on a nonpartisan basis and a mayor elected by one of the seven to act as mayor.<ref name="Guide" />
*1982 - The city adopted a new charter providing for a strong-mayor form of government consisting of seven commissioners and a mayor elected by the city at large on a nonpartisan basis for 4-year terms